On the same line, I usually get confused in combat as to who is attacking who. Would it be good to bold the names of the combat participants in each emote? So that:
Kuzco advances on Johnny, ready to dish some beating.
So what'cha think?
As for shortcuts... what you're REALLY asking for here is more @macros, right? Because you can ~1, ~2, ~3, ~4, and ~5 that way...
As for the bold, doesn't sound like a bad idea. But at the same time, combat with multiple persons IRL would be confusing as hell, so it kinda makes sense it'd be confusing IG
The rules also say aliases and keybinds are all right, if I remember correctly, but an admin would have to clarify for this, I suppose.
Also, due to the nature of postures, and the fact that they take a combat round to take effect, aliasing the ones you use most and not the ones you don't is a way to save time.
Like, how many people go kamikaze and how often?
Also, practice against training dummies to get your fingers used to typing the commands.
